Knife



193% H. BARTOSEKV 2,170,514

KNIFE Filed Oct. 29, 1937 INVENTOR BY QMQL Patented Aug. 22, 1939 PATENTOFFICE KNIFE Henry Bartosek,

Application October 29,

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to a field workers tool and inparticular relates to a hand attached knife adapted primarily foragricultural use.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a knife, arranged forattachment to a per sons hand, which is convenient to use, light inweight, and when attached to a persons hand is disposed for use withoutmaterially interfering with the manipulation of such hand for otherpurposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement formounting the blade on the finger saddle and at the same time provideproperly spaced openings for the reception of the securing lace.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Figure l is a perspective view of my device as attached or laced to apersons hand.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device. so Figure 3 is a crosssection on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawing, my improved knife structure comprises a saddle I of a lengthsubstantially that of a persons index finger and of a depth about halfthat of the finger. The curvature of the saddle is such that the fingerwill rest therein for its full length when the hand and finger are inanormal relaxed position.

A pair of ears are struck from the sides of the saddle adjacent each endand are bent downward in parallel spaced relation as clearly shown inFig. 3. A blade 3, having its base edge a curved to correspond to theexterior curvature of the saddle on the under side, is mounted with saidbase edge 4 engaging the saddle and with each pair of spaced earsstraddling the blade there- 'between. The ears are fixed on the base byspot welding bolted or the like.

The blade is ground with a substantially crescent shaped cutting edge 5drawn out to a point 6 which extends beyond and away from the outer endof the saddle.

The openings in the saddle 1, formed when the ears 2 are struck out andbend downward, serve as the eyes to receive a securing lace 8. This laceis threaded between the pair of eyes adjacent the outer end of thesaddle, then is crossed and each end threaded through the other pair ofeyes from the inside.

Sacramento, Calif.

1937, Serial No. 171,732

To attach the device to a persons hand the index finger is placed in thesaddle beneath the lacing. The lacing is then drawn snugly against thefinger, is crossed near the base of the finger, extends across the backof the hand, and finally the lengths are wound around the wrist and tiedin a bow knot 9. The lace may be made of rawhide if desired and tiedabout the wrist as shown or secured in any other suitable manner.

As so attached to a persons hand, the knife can be handily used for manypurposes such as grape picking, light pruning, cutting tying strings,and weeding where it is desirable to cut beneath the surface of thesoil. While very effective, the device is light weight and does notmaterially hamper use of the hand. for other purposes. While I haveshown and described the device as a knife, other implements such as asmall cultivating or weeding fork may be substituted for blade 3.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A knife unit adapted for attachment to a persons finger, said unitcomprising a metallic finger saddle, a pair of ears struck from thesides of the saddle adjacent each end and forming eyes in the sides ofthe saddle, the ears being bent outwardly in substantially parallel andspaced relation, a blade extending lengthwise of the saddle andprojecting outwardly thereof, said pairs of spaced ears straddling theblade, means fixing the blade and ears together, and a securing lacethreaded through the eyes.

2. A knife unit for attachment to a finger of one hand, said unitcomprising a metallic finger saddle, a blade extending lengthwise of andpro jecting outwardly from the saddle, pairs of cars struck from thesaddle adjacent its ends and straddling the blade in engagingrelationship, means fixing the blade and ears together and means tosecure the saddle on a finger; said last named means comprising aflexible element adapted to extend over the finger above the saddle, theears when struck from the saddle forming eyes through one pair of whichthe element is passed.

HENRY BARTOSEK.

